Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of figures and tables
- List of contributors
- Introduction
- 1 A cautionary tale: ‘Brexit’, economic citizenship, and the political perils of neoliberalism
- 2 Subtraction by subtraction? Brexit and its impact on the common European financial space
- 3 Brexit and the Single Market
- 4 Social Europe after Brexit
- 5 European citizenship and free movement after Brexit
- 6 The EU legal order without the UK: a pity to lose the contribution?
- 7 The East–West divide: obstacles to European integration
- 8 Networks after Brexit
- 9 European Union trade policy in the wake of the Brexit vote
- 10 A stronger European Union? The unexpected security consequences of Brexit
- Conclusion – the EU after Brexit: hard or soft?
- Index
6 - The EU legal order without the UK: a pity to lose the contribution?
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 30 December 2025
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Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of figures and tables
- List of contributors
- Introduction
- 1 A cautionary tale: ‘Brexit’, economic citizenship, and the political perils of neoliberalism
- 2 Subtraction by subtraction? Brexit and its impact on the common European financial space
- 3 Brexit and the Single Market
- 4 Social Europe after Brexit
- 5 European citizenship and free movement after Brexit
- 6 The EU legal order without the UK: a pity to lose the contribution?
- 7 The East–West divide: obstacles to European integration
- 8 Networks after Brexit
- 9 European Union trade policy in the wake of the Brexit vote
- 10 A stronger European Union? The unexpected security consequences of Brexit
- Conclusion – the EU after Brexit: hard or soft?
- Index
Summary
This chapter considers what the EU legal order might lose following Brexit. It begins by setting out the position of the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) and establishing an understanding of the EU legal order. It outlines a number of key contributions made by the UK to that legal order focusing in particular on the CJEU and more specifically the Court of Justice and its jurisprudence. It argues that the contributions made by cases referred by or involving the UK, the common law more generally and individuals are significant but not unique. The chapter tentatively concludes that the impact of Brexit on the EU legal order is not likely to be all that dramatic.
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- The European Union after Brexit , pp. 113 - 127Publisher: Manchester University PressFirst published in: 2025
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